Posts by Kalessian

So I disassembled my z70va and replaced those GPU thermal pads with big gobs of AS5 and it's much quieter than before. So that part went well. My problem is that there's a big insulated wire that runs along the left-palm rest side of...

No it's definately Linux I listed the programs at the top. It's Fluxbox with lots of transparency

fluxbox wm 1.0rc2 w/ modded (by me) BlueNight theme (rounded edges, transparent windows/menus) default conky with battery status and other stuff added by me transparent aterm shaded rox-filer and firefox xmms autohide...

You guys only get ~3:45? I run 6x @ .700v, powerplay battery, and a dimmed screen and I can get 4:15 easily.

Hot damn! I already had the ability to undervolt the GPU. ATI's newest drivers, which just came out the 11th or so, enable the PowerPlay powersaving states. Not only the one state I keep seeing in windows, but an even lower...

I've been running a new ArchLinux beta. Setup from scratch was great. I didn't need to compile a single module myself. My next is to undervolt the x700.

Horray for e17. It turns heads, that's for sure. Fancy....

Quote: Originally Posted by ZGold550 Squeeze 10-15 more from undervolting CPU Squeeze 5-10 from Underclocking GPU 30-45 from brightness Well more than an extra hour there =P True. I get about 4 hours when...

I'm running the latest stable Debian build on it. I'm posting from firefox using my eth1 wireless device running DHCP. What I've done: Firstly, I think it would have been a lot easier if I didn't want to use the latest stuff. I...

I got mine to run 400/350 just fine... I think I can go higher, I'm not sure - I don't really care to try. It sure does feel a lot faster, too. Was the difference between no AA and 2xAA on HL2.